Andrea J. Martin

Assistant Professor of Law

Andrea J. Martin is an assistant professor of law and recipient of the Penn State Dickinson Law Phillip M. Scott Teaching Excellence Award. Her research draws on constitutional and legal history to explore and analyze current social justice issues including antisemitism, antiracism in education, and Native American sovereignty rights.

Prior to joining Dickinson Law, Martin spent twelve years as a strategic legal advisor, managing business and regulatory legal affairs at a multi-billion-dollar company. She gained diverse experience in general corporate matters and regulatory compliance, providing astute counsel and employing a pragmatic approach to law and the needs of the business. Professor Martin also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Appellate Division of the Rhode Island Department of Attorney of General, drafting appellate briefs and presenting compelling arguments before the Rhode Island Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

She is actively involved in diversity and inclusion efforts and served on the Governor’s Commission on Prejudice and Bias, where she assisted in drafting state hate crime legislation. In her role, she also helped educate state police forces about how to identify bias-related crimes. She has also taught legal writing in the CLEO (Council on Legal Education Opportunity) program to increase the number of lawyers from diverse backgrounds and served as a chairperson for the 17th Annual Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop and Retreat. Professor Martin has served on the boards of many nonprofit and community development organizations including the YMCA, Caritas House and Pink Out, Inc., and is currently a member of the Penn State Hillel Board of Directors.

As part of Professor Martin’s community service, she partners with local organizations and associations, including the Dauphin County Bar Association, to provide professional guidance and share practical knowledge during the critical transition from law student to legal practitioner. Her goals are to support new attorneys, strengthen our community, and elevate standards of competence, ethics, and professionalism in the legal field.

Professor Martin received her J.D. from Howard University School of Law, M.B.A. from Suffolk University, and B.A. in History from the University of Rhode Island. Her interests and hobbies include history, Holocaust studies, and writing.


Select Publications by Professor Martin

Andrea J. Martin, “Beyond Brackeen: Active Efforts Toward Antiracist Child Welfare Policy,” 42 Yale Law & Policy Review 42 (2023)

“Empowering Law Students to Be Antiracist: A Student-Centered, Problem-Based Learning Approach,” Forthcoming, to be published as a book chapter in the Antiracist Curriculum Development volume of the Building an Antiracist Law School, Legal Academy, and Legal Profession book series.

Andrea Martin

Email  amm7370@psu.edu

Phone 717-240-5288

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J.D., Howard University School of Law

M.B.A., Suffolk University

B.A., University of Rhode Island

Martin’s Publications

Andrea J. Martin, “Balancing Freedom of Expression and Equality On College Campuses In the Wake of Intensified Antisemitism,” forthcoming 90 Brooklyn Law Rev. (2024)

Andrea J. Martin, “Beyond Brackeen: Active Efforts Toward Antiracist Child Welfare Policy,” 42 Yale Law & Policy Review 42 (2023)

“Empowering Law Students to Be Antiracist: A Student-Centered, Problem-Based Learning Approach,” Forthcoming, to be published as a book chapter in the Antiracist Curriculum Development volume of the Building an Antiracist Law School, Legal Academy, and Legal Profession book series.

Martin’s Presentations and Panels

The History of Antisemitic Laws and the Law of Genocide, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, March 27, 2024.

Laws Used to Enforce and Combat Antisemitism Throughout History, Penn State Law, February 20, 2024.

The History of Antisemitic Laws and the Law of Genocide, Penn State Dickinson Law, February 1, 2024.

The Constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, Dickinson College, December 6, 2024.

Race and Equal Protection of Laws, A Comparison of Education for African Americans and American Indians in the United States, October 13, 2023.

Do This; Not That — Legal Writing Tips for Summer Associates, Capital Area Managing Partners (CAMP) Program, June 22, 2023.

A Holocaust Remembrance, Penn State Dickinson Law, April 18, 2023.

Beyond Brackeen: Active Efforts Toward Antiracist Child Welfare Policy, Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law, April 12, 2023.

Beyond Brackeen: Active Efforts Toward Antiracist Child Welfare Policy, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, April 5, 2023.

Threats to the Indian Child Welfare Act, Penn State Dickinson Law, February 8, 2023.

Legal Writing Tips, Dauphin County Bar Association, CLE — Young Lawyers Exceeding the Bar, February 7, 2023.

New Scholar Workshop Panelist, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting, January 6, 2023.

How the Indian Child Welfare Act Differs from the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, Penn State Dickinson Law, November 28, 2022.

The Resegregation of American Schools Post — Brown v. Board of Education, Penn State Dickinson Law, September 21, 2022.

Presenter and Moderator: “The Resegregation of American Schools,” Penn State Dickinson Law, Race and Equal Protection of the Laws

CLE Presenter: “Legal Writing for First Year Associates,” Dauphin County Bar Association